Election Board Targets Nonvoters

June 23, 1985

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners said Saturday it will send notices to approximately 55,000 registered voters, notifying them that their registration may be canceled for failure to vote during the past four years. Under law, the notices are required after every presidential election year. Voters who are sent the notifications can reinstate their voter registration by merely signing an enclosed certification that they are still qualified to vote and mailing it back to the election board by Aug 15. The notification and reinstatement notices are in English and Spanish, according to election board chairman Michael Lavelle.